In brief: PKP hikes fares; Saleta new IBO champ; Councillors ask forfunds

A ticket from Warsaw to Szczecin in a first class carriage on the InterCity train will cost zl. 173.16 after the increase. (Rzeczpospolita, Apr.17-18 page 1) ... Polish boxer Przemslaw Saleta was crowned intercontinental IBO champion after beating Asmir Vojnovic of Croatia on Saturday. The decisive moment came in the tenth round when Saleta scored the most points. (Rzeczpospolita, page 29) ... At a meeting between local government councillors and the Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, councillors asked the Minister to consider paying some of the expenses incured by councils on receiving foreign visitors and also to fund visits by Polish town officials to foreign countries. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 11)